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Sunday, 16 December 2012

Here is a stunning festive card I received. Before you get too excited, the products are all retired. The reason I'm sharing it is to show just how simple cards can be whilst still being stunning! I love the use of the wheel for mass production of cards.

The inside of the card even got a quick run of the wheel which brought the look together really well.

Monday, 10 December 2012

Today's project: a Soft toy owl! I found this tutorial online which is only for personal use but I thought I would share the link with you. This would make a lovely a gift for adults and children. You could fill it with rice to make a heated owl or lavender for a yummy scent.

I printed out the template provided on the link and then cut out my Spice Cake fabric.

The first sewing job was to join the tummy to the rest of the body. Each side of the belly was sewn on and then the gap at the top was sewn up.

Turned out the right way it looked like a rather unpromising pyramid!

The beak was folded down and I embroidered with orange floss to secure the bright beak.

I filled the inside using an old (clean) fleece dressing gown. It's great to reuse things and stuffing is pretty pricey in my opinion.

It was then possible to sew up the bottom. I ran a running stitch all the way around and then gathered the cotton to pull everything central.

Lastly was the base. This had been cut from fabric but needed a card insert. I punched a piece of Soft Suede cardstock (to match the fabric) with the 1 3/4" circle punch.

This was glued together using the self-adhesive sheets. I stuck the glue to the fabric so that it was really easy to fold up the excess onto the top.

This was hand sewn on to give a solid base for the little owl to sit on and hide the gathered bottom.

Finally some button eyes were added (from the Neutrals button collection). Voila! A simple and quick soft toy. You could always make the eyes from felt if you wanted to make the toy for a young child under three.

It took less than an hour to make this little owl, including gathering and setting up materials and my sewing machine. Lovely!!

Friday, 7 December 2012

Good morning! Such a gorgeous sunny day outside and it's lovely to be in the warm getting festive. Today's gift features 1" wide cello bags. I love these as you can get creative with what to fill them with: chocolate balls, tictacs, pencils, small sweets etc.

This little reindeer topper is nice and simple to put together with some punches.

The owl punch makes the reindeer head. Just cut off the feet!

Here are all the punched pieces laid out. On the left are the antlers punched using the leaf part of the Bird punch.

Here is the finished piece! Nice and easy to sit and make on cold winter evenings!!

Thursday, 6 December 2012

It's an organiser to help you get ready in December. It's not too late to have a central place with all those lists kept safe!

Here's a view of the inside. Had a few technical difficulties, so apologies that the photo is the wrong way around.

The folder is made from one piece of 12x12" cardstock. Score at 4" and then turn the sheet 90 degrees and score at 3" intervals. Fold up the 4" section to make pockets and then decorate!

The whole thing was made with the Snowflake Season simply scrappin' kit. Such a fabulous kit - it contains everything you need to make a double page scrapbook page, including glittery snowflakes, ribbon, mini pegs and die cuts. At just £8.95 it's a bargain!

This organiser could be made with other products to be non-festive - maybe as a wedding list organiser or holiday planner.

Sunday, 2 December 2012

Today's idea would make a lovley addition to a Christmas tree or to be added to anywhere that needs a festive touch!

It's a dove decoration, inspired by my Dad. When we were young we always had decorative birds hanging around the living room at Christmas. I'm not sure of their festive significance but whenever I see paper birds I think of my lovely Dad.

This birds was super quick to make: Simply cut out two birds and two wings with the Bird Big Shot die.

Each piece was then embossed. The bird body was embossed with Lace Brocade die (from the Autumn/Winter catalogue) and the wings were embossed with the dotty embossing folder.

To stick the pieces together I used the self-adhesive sticky sheets to put the body pieces together. This meant that they stuck all over and also the bakers twine and wings could fit in too.

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